CHTJKDIGHEE DISPENSAKY. A CASE OF TRAUMATIC TETANUS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED BY HYDRATE OF CHLORAL.
By
Keishnalai/ Dutt, Sub-Assistant
Surgeon, Chulcdighee.
8tli January 1872.?Brojo, Hindu male, a student, agtd 19, met with a railway accident twenty days before coming to the hospital. His right foot wns run over by the wheels. Tetanic symptoms commenced about six days before admission. The fits are mild in character, and not very long in duration. The tendency of the body during a fit is opisthotonio. OrderedExt. cannabis indicse gr. j. every hour up to the fomvth dose. The wounds to be dressed with carbolic acid and Diet,?Milk ad libitum.. oil dressing. 10 p.m.?Feels rather drowsy ; omit pills. 19th January, 8 a.m.?The same as before ; had no sleep last night. Resume pills gr. iss. each every 2 hours.
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To be given as fin enema. '3 p.tn.?Enema not acted ; fits the same as before. Continue pills. 8 p.m.?No improvement. \Otli January, 7 a.m.?No improvement; fits rather stronger ; says the frequency of the fits diminishes when he lies on his face. Continue pills up to the fourth dose. Repeat enema. Diet, milk and broth. 3 p.m.?No stools after enema. Omit pills. gr. x Hydrate of chloral ?j Aquae menth : pip : Statim. 7 p.m.?Feels drowsy. 9 p.m.?Is sleeping. 11th January, 7 a.m.?Fits not so frequent. Repeat chloral ...
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11 a.m.?Is sleeping. 6 p.m.?Says he feels a little better ; fits less frequent, but the rigidity of muscles much the same. ? ?Repeat chloral draught. This treatment was continued up the 18tli, when the fits had almost passed off. On the 6th of February he was pronounced cured.
By
Keishnalai/ Dutt, Sub-Assistant
Surgeon, Chulcdighee.
8tli January 1872.?Brojo, Hindu male, a student, agtd 19, met with a railway accident twenty days before coming to the hospital. His right foot wns run over by the wheels. Tetanic symptoms commenced about six days before admission. The fits are mild in character, and not very long in duration. The tendency of the body during a fit is opisthotonio. OrderedExt. cannabis indicse gr. j. every hour up to the fomvth dose. The wounds to be dressed with carbolic acid and Diet,?Milk ad libitum.. oil dressing. 10 p.m.?Feels rather drowsy ; omit pills. 19th January, 8 a.m.?The same as before ; had no sleep last night. Resume pills gr. iss. each every 2 hours.
J?
01: llicini Ol: Terebinth Warm water
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jiij gss
5vi
To be given as fin enema. '3 p.tn.?Enema not acted ; fits the same as before. Continue pills. 8 p.m.?No improvement. \Otli January, 7 a.m.?No improvement; fits rather stronger ; says the frequency of the fits diminishes when he lies on his face. Continue pills up to the fourth dose. Repeat enema. Diet, milk and broth. 3 p.m.?No stools after enema. Omit pills. gr. x Hydrate of chloral ?j Aquae menth : pip : Statim. 7 p.m.?Feels drowsy. 9 p.m.?Is sleeping. 11th January, 7 a.m.?Fits not so frequent. Repeat chloral ...
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draught.
11 a.m.?Is sleeping. 6 p.m.?Says he feels a little better ; fits less frequent, but the rigidity of muscles much the same. ? ?Repeat chloral draught. This treatment was continued up the 18tli, when the fits had almost passed off. On the 6th of February he was pronounced cured.
